Lance shared photos of B meeting the 20-month-old twins, Violet Betty and Alexander James, on Twitter Monday.
“I’m a new auntie for Lance’s babies !!! They are absolutely gorgeous babies !!!” Spears wrote on Twitter.
As seen in both of the sweet snapshots, Spears happily smiled as she held each twin in her arms while Bass, 44, carried the respective other. The singer’s husband Sam Asghari was also pictured standing next to his wife.
“Mind your business, bitch.” So Britney Spears purrs on her new single with will.i.am, aptly titled “Mind Your Business.” Released today, the electro-pop dance track is already garnering chatter online, given it’s one of Spears’s first musical endeavors since her 2016 album Glory (she also released “Hold Me Closer” with Elton John last summer).
As it turns out, the song was mined from the duo’s archives. “Will is an incredible artist and partner,” Spears tells Vogue. “We worked on this song years ago, and it was time re-produce it and share it with my incredible fans.” The track originally stemmed from a conversation the two stars were having about fame, and the lack of privacy that often comes with it. “Every single person, famous and not, has their privacy invaded in some shape or form in this digital age,” says will.i.am. “It’s a sentiment for the times, so we should be more humane to each other, respect and have empathy for each other, and be thankful for what people choose to share publicly. If people don’t want to share, we need to respect their right not to share, and to have a private life.”
It’s not the first track will.i.am and Spears have released together. “Working with her is like teaming up with a kindred spirit: We both love music and the art of expressing ourselves,” says will.i.am. They first collaborated on 2011’s “Big Fat Bass,” and followed that up with their 2013 club-ready banger “Scream & Shout” and “It Should Be Easy.” With “Mind Your Business,” the pair wanted to bring some of that 2010s lighthearted-pop energy into the present. “We went back and forth on making the song more current, and adding a heavy base and choir to it,” says Spears. “It’s fun, campy, and edgy—a perfect song for the summer.” Will.i.am adds, “Britney had some great input about the music, to add hip-hop elements that we incorporated into the final track.”
And it’s the perfect moment for a new Spears single, given the ongoing fan and media speculation about her life since the end of her conservatorship in 2021. Her message to the world is clear in the song: “Mind your B, mind your B, mind your B,” Spears sings, poking fun at the relentless public fascination around her. “Uptown, downtown, everywhere I turn around; Hollywood, London, snap-snap is the sound; paparazzi shot me, I am the economy.” (Her desire for privacy is a theme Spears also explored in her anti-tabloid hit “Piece of Me” back in 2007.) “If you are a person like Britney who can’t even go to the supermarket without cameras or someone wanting to know every single step she takes, that’s horrible,” says will.i.am. “Everyone can relate to their privacy being undermined—and that’s ‘Mind Your Business.’”
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“It’s Fun, Campy, and Edgy”; Britney Spears on Her New Song With Will.i.am
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July 21, 2023
“Its Fun Campy and Edgy” Britney Spears on Her New Song With Will.i.am
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“Mind your business, bitch.” So Britney Spears purrs on her new single with will.i.am, aptly titled “Mind Your Business.” Released today, the electro-pop dance track is already garnering chatter online, given it’s one of Spears’s first musical endeavors since her 2016 album Glory (she also released “Hold Me Closer” with Elton John last summer).
As it turns out, the song was mined from the duo’s archives. “Will is an incredible artist and partner,” Spears tells Vogue. “We worked on this song years ago, and it was time re-produce it and share it with my incredible fans.” The track originally stemmed from a conversation the two stars were having about fame, and the lack of privacy that often comes with it. “Every single person, famous and not, has their privacy invaded in some shape or form in this digital age,” says will.i.am. “It’s a sentiment for the times, so we should be more humane to each other, respect and have empathy for each other, and be thankful for what people choose to share publicly. If people don’t want to share, we need to respect their right not to share, and to have a private life.”
It’s not the first track will.i.am and Spears have released together. “Working with her is like teaming up with a kindred spirit: We both love music and the art of expressing ourselves,” says will.i.am. They first collaborated on 2011’s “Big Fat Bass,” and followed that up with their 2013 club-ready banger “Scream & Shout” and “It Should Be Easy.” With “Mind Your Business,” the pair wanted to bring some of that 2010s lighthearted-pop energy into the present. “We went back and forth on making the song more current, and adding a heavy base and choir to it,” says Spears. “It’s fun, campy, and edgy—a perfect song for the summer.” Will.i.am adds, “Britney had some great input about the music, to add hip-hop elements that we incorporated into the final track.”
And it’s the perfect moment for a new Spears single, given the ongoing fan and media speculation about her life since the end of her conservatorship in 2021. Her message to the world is clear in the song: “Mind your B, mind your B, mind your B,” Spears sings, poking fun at the relentless public fascination around her. “Uptown, downtown, everywhere I turn around; Hollywood, London, snap-snap is the sound; paparazzi shot me, I am the economy.” (Her desire for privacy is a theme Spears also explored in her anti-tabloid hit “Piece of Me” back in 2007.) “If you are a person like Britney who can’t even go to the supermarket without cameras or someone wanting to know every single step she takes, that’s horrible,” says will.i.am. “Everyone can relate to their privacy being undermined—and that’s ‘Mind Your Business.’”
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Is minding your business not a perfect summer mood, though? Summer, after all, is about drinking margaritas, laying out in the sun, and living a carefree lifestyle. In the case of our legendary Princess of Pop—who recently announced that her memoir, The Woman in Me, will be out in October—more people should definitely be minding their business; let her live, post her epic Instagram dance sequences, and carry out her tropical vacations in peace. Still, Spears says the release of her new pop track is dedicated to all of her beloved fans. “I love my fans more than anything,” she says, “and hope they love the song, too!” They clearly do: It’s already climbing the charts.
Source: https://www.vogue.com/article/britney-spears-william-mind-your-business-song
BY CHRISTIAN ALLAIRE
"I've been a fan, a friend and a supporter of Britney throughout the years," he said.
Everybody needs a friend like will.i.am. The rapper is gearing up to drop a song titled “Mind Your Business” with Britney Spears, the making of which the Black Eyed Peas founder opened up about in a new interview.
“I’ve been a fan, a friend and a supporter of Britney throughout the years,” he gushed Thursday (July 20) on CBS Mornings. “A supporter as far as a person who goes out and listens to her music, a supporter as far as somebody that’s there to help champion her through her times when she was fighting for her liberation. She is an amazing person.”
“Mind Your Business” was first announced Monday (July 17), when will.i.am posted a seconds-long snippet of the track to social media featuring Spears’ iconic tagline “It’s Britney, b—-.” Though the single was originally expected on Tuesday (July 18), will.i.am later shared on Instagram that it was now slated for Friday (July 21), writing that Spears is “one of the most fearless, strongest, kindest, purest people I’ve met in my life…I always loved working with you and I always will.”
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Everybody needs a friend like will.i.am. The rapper is gearing up to drop a song titled “Mind Your Business” with Britney Spears, the making of which the Black Eyed Peas founder opened up about in a new interview.
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“I’ve been a fan, a friend and a supporter of Britney throughout the years,” he gushed Thursday (July 20) on CBS Mornings. “A supporter as far as a person who goes out and listens to her music, a supporter as far as somebody that’s there to help champion her through her times when she was fighting for her liberation. She is an amazing person.”
“Mind Your Business” was first announced Monday (July 17), when will.i.am posted a seconds-long snippet of the track to social media featuring Spears’ iconic tagline “It’s Britney, b—-.” Though the single was originally expected on Tuesday (July 18), will.i.am later shared on Instagram that it was now slated for Friday (July 21), writing that Spears is “one of the most fearless, strongest, kindest, purest people I’ve met in my life…I always loved working with you and I always will.”
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The collaboration marks his second song with the “Toxic” singer, with the pair first coming together in 2012 for “Scream & Shout.” And though a lot has changed between then and now — most notably the termination of Spears’ 13-year conservatorship — the “Let’s Get It Started” musician says the pop star’s love for music is still the same.
“Music is therapy for lots of people,” he told CBS Mornings. “Dancing is therapy for lots of people. It helps you with anything that you’re going through. I see that every time I see her dance on her Instagram. I light up, because I see how much she loves music.”
“To collaborate with her now and then, when you’re in the studio, when you’re making music, that’s the only thing that matters,” will.i.am added. “I see the same light, the same joy, the same love and passion.”
It’s not hard to guess at the message behind “Mind Your Business,” given how vocal Spears has been about the crushing consequences fame has had on her mental health — something she’s expected to talk about in her highly anticipated upcoming memoir, The Woman In Me. Will.i.am touched on how her experiences inspired the new track, empathizing with the lack of privacy that comes hand in hand with stardom.
“When you’re in the spotlight, a lot of times you just want to live your life,” he said, before revealing one of the song’s lyrics: “Hands up in the cookie jar/ They watching me, they watching y’all.”
“That has to do with privacy and everyone else, every individual out there who feels that they are not living a private life in social media,” the musician added. “There’s a thin line, and everyone deserves their own version of privacy.”
Watch will.i.am talk about “Mind Your Business” with CBS Mornings.
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Will.I.am has released a teaser for his new song with Britney Spears, releasing the name of the track "Mind Your Business" and release date, this Friday. In the post he states that Britney is "one of the most fearless, strongest, kindest, purest people" and that he has "always loved working" with her.
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